Comparison

Emboss Me Pro vs Hand Tint Pro

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Emboss Me Pro

Easily apply an embossing effect to your photos with a single tap. Adjust depth and direction for custom results. Share your creations directly via print, tweet, or email.

Highlights
  • One-click embossing effect
  • Adjustable embossing depth
  • Adjustable embossing direction
  • Select photos from album
  • Take new photos
  • One-tap print
  • One-tap tweet
  • One-tap email
Features
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Create polished embossed relief in seconds with Emboss Me Pro. Transform photos into dimensional raised-surface artwork with adjustable depth and direction. Designed for fast, visual editing: • Compare the original and edited image with a live split preview • Explore curated presets made for different photo styles • Blend the effect with your original for a subtle or bold finish • Save favorite effect settings in My Looks and reuse them • Share a labeled before-and-after image • Undo, redo, and resume your last edit • Save and share at high resolution • Process photos directly on your device Choose a photo, try a preset, and adjust until the result feels right. The focused editor keeps the image and its transformation visible throughout the process. The paid edition is ad-free, so you can stay focused on your edit.

About

Hand Tint Pro

Transform your photos into timeless hand-painted art. Apply color with smart brushes, layers, and selective tools. Choose from various background effects and paper textures for unique creations.

Highlights
  • Smart brushes for precise coloring
  • Layering system for organized editing
  • Selective color tool
  • Multiple background effects (B&W, Luminescent, Vintage)
  • Various layer modes
  • Save projects to resume later
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Colorize your photo with Tint, Tone and Color Hand Tint Pro supplies everything you need—color palettes, paper and smart brushes—for creating beautiful and timeless hand painted photography. Like all art forms, preparing a good base for hand coloring is like stretching a canvas for painting, so every imaged placed in the app is stripped of color and transformed into a classic Black & White, a dreamy Luminescent or an aged Vintage photo we call a Background Effect. To keep your painting organized and in control, we give you Layers and a handy Selective Color tool to define areas for accurate brushing. Both features are designed to keep color where you want them. FEATURES An easy workflow with a professional layering system has modes for tint, tone, color, multiply, soft paint or paint that can be changed per layer, and a powerful color selection tool to keep brushing inside isolated areas for fast colorization and accuracy. It is important to have fun while creating beautiful photo memories so a forgiving erase brush is there to wash away mistakes occurred during the painting process. If you need to stop, not a problem! Use the save project feature and return to finish when you are ready. PHOTO EFFECTS (also known as background effects) For the base of your hand tint we transform your photo into a classic Black & White, a dreamy Luminescent or an aged Vintage—the choice is yours! Black and White—turns a photo into a classic black and white with options to adjust the RGB channels. A strength slider gradually blends the photo's original colors back in, if desired, for a variety of customized looks before the tinting process begins. Luminescent—adds dreamy brightness combined with subtle texture—that you control, as you brush on color, tint or tone Vintage—ages the photo with image toning and adds distressed paper for a beautiful and unique basis of your tinting project INCLUDES 3 Photo Effects—Black & White, Luminescent & Vintage (also known as background effects, creates the base photo layer for hand tinting) 3 Layer Styles—Colorize Layer allows the original color to be brushed back in, Paint Layer allows customizable coloring using paintbrushes and color palettes, Auto Paint Layer allows original color to be removed, and a base layer called Background Effect to change photo effects styles on-the-fly without changing the hand colored layers above it—this allows you to be creative without repainting the image. Layer Modes—on every layer feature Color, Tint, Tone, Multiply, Soft Paint and Paint modes. These modes are designed to change the look of painted or colorized areas for unique and infinite variations. RGB Sliders—found on the Background Effect allow for pro mixing of light and dark areas in the Black & White and Luminescent effects. Film Grain Slider Soften Slider 6 Paper Surface Textures 25 Color Palettes—consist of multiple swatches created for seasons, hair color, eye color and skin tones plus 2 Romantic palettes for dreamy gardens and seascapes. 36 Textures for adding an aged and worn paper effect 15 One-touch customizable Presets—create the Background Effect 3 Paint Presets—with layer styles and brush colors already in place for learning and understanding the layering process. Save Project—will save your hand tint project externally, or share projects with co-workers and friends. This feature keeps all layers and brush colors in tact. Randomize Button—automatically changes the settings on the Background Effects

Screenshots

Emboss Me Pro3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Emboss Me Pro at $0.99 against Hand Tint Pro's $19.99. Hand Tint Pro's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 29%) and rating (4.1 vs 2.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Emboss Me Pro costs $0.99 and Hand Tint Pro $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hand Tint Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hand Tint Pro has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Emboss Me Pro's written reviews are positive against 71% of Hand Tint Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Emboss Me Pro ships an update every 2 months, Hand Tint Pro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Emboss Me Pro versus Hand Tint Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmboss Me ProHand Tint Pro
Price$0.99 — better$19.99
Rating2.0 (3 ratings)4.1 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews71.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings316 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPad
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB105 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer福恩 毛JixiPix Software

Customer experience

Emboss Me Pro

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral14.3%
Negative57.1%

Hand Tint Pro

All ratings16 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.8%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

None

Emboss Me Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Hand Tint Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Emboss Me Pro free?
Emboss Me Pro costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hand Tint Pro free?
Hand Tint Pro costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Emboss Me Pro or Hand Tint Pro?
Hand Tint Pro is rated higher. Emboss Me Pro averages 2.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Hand Tint Pro averages 4.1 from 16 ratings.
Do Emboss Me Pro or Hand Tint Pro have ads?
Neither Emboss Me Pro nor Hand Tint Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Emboss Me Pro or Hand Tint Pro?
Emboss Me Pro ships an update every 2 months, and Hand Tint Pro fortnightly. Most recently, Emboss Me Pro was updated on September 7, 2026 and Hand Tint Pro on June 1, 2026.

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